Corpus in Extremis

This exquisitely written memoir tells compelling tales about broken bones and heartbreak, as well as about one extraordinary woman’s strong-willed and creative mind and quiet courage. While Smith navigates difficulties unimaginable to most of us in her everyday, she’s woven out of their painful threads such a vital story of a passionately lived life that I found it difficult to part with the book when it came to an end. —Lee Kofman, author of The Writer Laid Bare and Imperfect This exquisitely written memoir tells compelling tales about broken bones and heartbreak, as well as about one extraordinary woman’s strong-willed and creative mind and quiet courage. While Smith navigates difficulties unimaginable to most of us in her everyday, she’s woven out of their painful threads such a vital story of a passionately lived life that I found it difficult to part with the book when it came to an end. —Lee Kofman, author of The Writer Laid Bare and Imperfect This exquisitely written memoir tells compelling tales about broken bones and heartbreak, as well as about one extraordinary woman’s strong-willed and creative mind and quiet courage. While Smith navigates difficulties unimaginable to most of us in her everyday, she’s woven out of their painful threads such a vital story of a passionately lived life that I found it difficult to part with the book when it came to an end. —Lee Kofman, author of The Writer Laid Bare and Imperfect